Montgomery, commonly referred to as "Monty," initially earned distinction during World War II due to his highly effective leadership of the British Eighth Army in North Africa. There, Montgomery ...

As the Revolutionary War spread through every region, those in bondage sided with whichever army promised ... New York -- the last British stronghold. Many thousands of African Americans who ...

When Italy entered World War II in June 1940, the war quickly spread to North Africa, where her colony of Libya bordered the vital British protectorate of Egypt ... A disconsolate Churchill reshuffled ...